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The Stories of Eva Luna
by Allende, Isabel; Transloated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0689121024
- ISBN 13
- 9780689121029
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Atheneum, 1991. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Original copyright 1989 by Isabel Allende under Spanish title ""Cuentos de Eva Luna."". This is the English translation from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden and published by Atheneum, a division of Macmillan Publlishing Company of New York. First printing per complete number line including the number one.. Hard cover with dark yellow boards, black spine cloth, gold gilt spine lettering, and copper gilt lettering of author's name on front board. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. All pages tightly intact, however there is a crack between the front free end paper and the half title page where the page with previous works is glued to the front free end paper. Dust jacket very good; shows only ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the book, ""In 1988 Isabel Allende published 'Eva Luna' a novel that recounted the adventurous life of a poor young Latin American woman who finds friendship, love and some measure of worldly success through her powers as a soryteller. ... Now in ""The Stories of Eva Luna,"" she [Allende] again presents us with a treasure trove of such stories, showing us once more why Eva Luna (and her much-celebrated creator) has won such a large and devoted readership....""
Synopsis
1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates is a tongue-in-cheek reworking of the history of England. Written by W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman and illustrated by John Reynolds, it first appeared serially in Punch magazine, and was published in book form by Methuen & Co. Ltd. in 1930.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001009
- Title
- The Stories of Eva Luna
- Author
- Allende, Isabel; Transloated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0689121024
- ISBN 13
- 9780689121029
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Fiction, Women, Women - Fiction, Central America - Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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